Constitution Act, 1982/Part III

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Part III: Equalization and Regional Disparities

36.

(1) Commitment to promote equal opportunities.

(2) Commitment respecting public services.

Notes

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		III: Equalization and Regional Disparities
Commitment to promote equal opportunities.	36.	(1) Without altering the legislative authority of Parliament or of the provincial legislatures, or the rights of any of them with respect to the exercise of their legislative authority, Parliament and the legislatures, together with the government of Canada and the provincial governments, are committed to (a) promoting equal opportunities for the well-being of Canadians; (b) furthering economic development to reduce disparity in opportunities; and (c) providing essential public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians.
Commitment respecting public service.		(2)Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation.[1]

Notes

1. See the footnotes to sections 114 and 118 of the Constitution Act, 1867.